Tired of Boring Campus? This European Castle-Style University Encourages Posh Study-Life

Would you believe that this is located in Southwest of China?

UPDATE: APRIL 30, 2016 - A campus is hailed as "coming from fairytale" for its impressive European-style architecture. The campus of Sichuan Southwest College of Civil Aviation, which is located in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, costs 1 billion yuan (US$154.5 million).

Red bricks, arch gates, pristine pavement and a fairytale-esque design, what more could you want from an educational environment? Oh, that's right, segways!

school guards don't walk -- they use segways.

Sichuan Southwest Vocational College of Civil Aviation is a full-time higher vocational college approved by the People's Government of Sichuan Province, and directly managed by the Sichuan Department of Education.

The college is located in Jintang University Town of Chengdu city, covers an area of 500 mu, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan, and strives to create a Classic British school.

The college training center covers an area of 71.5 mu, total investment of 200 million yuan, has following six major functions: students practical training, regional aviation colleges focus on training, new recruits training, on-the-job employees training, social experience and tourist attractions. All kinds of training facilities worth a total of more than sixty (60) Millions yuan (or equivalent to US$9 Million).

A statute is erected in the campus with a mini-Big Ben in the background.

There is yet more luxury inside the buildings. With high ceilings, chandeliers, French windows, elegant furnishings and grand pianos, the school aims to make students feel like they're studying in a 5-star palace, rather than a filthy dorm room.

An aviation school is nothing without a real airplane in the campus.

The interior of a building. And look at their school uniform! They took aviation study too seriously, they are even look like professional flight attendants.

On the college's website, it refers to itself as “The most beautiful university in China."

If it is not the most beautiful, it is certainly the best publicized. Every few months, the school releases pictures of its elite student body. To train to be a flight hostess or host at the college, you need to be good looking and at least 163cm tall if you're a woman and 174cm if you are a man. Meanwhile, males can neither look too "feminine," nor too "tough" and intimidating -- even when they are dispatching onboard security threats.

And in spite of very expensive tuitions fees, board and lodging expenses, more Chinese parents are working so hard to get an application for their children and trying all their best to make their kids be accepted to this prestigious University.

I'm telling you that Chinese parents take their children's educational and bright future MORE SERIOUSLY.

UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

College students from the Sichuan Southwest Vocational College of Civil Aviation dressed in uniforms and standing in a row to welcome freshmen and their parents as the autumn semester starts for a new group of freshmen in China beginning college life, in Chengdu city, Sichuan province, Sep 2, 2016. This college, which trains air attendants, caught public attention for its five-star freshmen welcoming service.

A college student from Sichuan Southwest Vocational College of Civil Aviation dressed in uniform as she plays a piano to welcome freshmen and their parents in Chengdu city, Sichuan province.

College students from the Sichuan Southwest Vocational College of Civil Aviation dressed in uniforms as they guide freshmen to get on the campus tour guiding vehicle.

A college student from Sichuan Southwest Vocational College of Civil Aviation dressed in uniform as she serves a mother of a new freshman with a piece of cake.

Student are being educated and trained like their are already working! No excuses for mistakes, and they aim for high quality service and perfection.

Their motto: Make your parents proud!

I guess you will be more encourage to enroll for aviation school at Sichuan.

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LOVES AND COMMENTS:

Wow amazing China, even there university is a copy from a different place. LolI guess you won't see inspirational quotes here like. Be innovative, be who you are or even nothing beats the original. I think this is more a tourist attraction than university.

This is at once awe inspiring and scary. It's awe inspiring that China would go to these lengths to imitate a British castle and style so perfectly. The attention to detail is astounding, it almost looks like being on Windsor Castle's grounds. However, I must say the dressed up women look like stewardesses from the 1950s or 60s back in the days where women needed to look hot and sexy and be very thin in order to even qualify to be a stewardess. Makeup had to be perfect and always on, etc etc. I hope those are not the values being taught in 2016!

I admire also their university campus, and how their school system teaches their student at its highest quality. Contrary to your thoughts, the school teaches them to be professional - dress well according to professional standards. They dressed-up like stewardees coz that's what they applied for - they want to become a licenses and professional stewardees after finishing school.

I like there school uniform - looks like and you'll feel like starting to achieve your goal in aviation industry :)

The building is very impressive. I don't know many schools where the security guards travel in segways! It certainly looks very polished so it's easy to understand why parents want their children to attend the school.

If I am a student here (especially a transferee) definitely I would spend my whole year taking selfies, and feeling distracted, hahaha. But on a contrary, this university produces one of the best pilots in China. They are good!

I think the institution wants to deliver world-class students and graduates, and it makes sense to provide them world-class facilities too for the students. Its like following the principle of "what you reap what you sow."

Yeah they are into replicas, hahaha. But I think it makes sense. Like, why would you choose to go to England and study in English universities, where you can also study in China, having this kind of luxurious English-like facilities, and also administered by professors from top universities abroad.

I think China is doing this strategy to keep their people's money not going out of the country, and make cash flows intact.

It looks a bit just like a show off imo. It's a university made for the public outside China to show their greatness. When going to the university it's not really about where you are going but what are you learning and how good that is. If all that money would have gone to students, the University would have been way better..!

Being show-off will exist especially with this situation (and rich people sometimes doesn't realized they already showing-off). The school just want to make the whole learning experience and years be memorable, fruitful, and interactive as much.

There might be distraction, but Chinese schools and universities are known having "cut-throat competition" just by getting a slot admission here. In spite of these luxurious ambiance, students are hesitant to take it for granted coz they are under strict surveillance with the admin and also with the parents :)

The aviation school at Sichuan looks amazing with a lovely campus. The building is stunning and glad to know they give a 5 star treatment to their students. Is it open to public to visit and experience the campus facilities?

I was amazed as I was reading this post. Honestly, I have never seen or even heard of a school/university like this. Every aspect of this place is so different from the usual learning centers. I believe this university is a result of quirky imagination combined with noble intentions towards the education system

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